Instead of choosing Export, you can choose the “Print” icon (just above export). The data will then display on the page, then right click, choose Print, then at the Destination of the Print dialogue, choose “Save to PDF” in Chrome or “Microsoft Print To PDF” in any other browser.

Thanks for your suggestions. Thanks also @shwu.hua for your print-to-PDF idea. Improvements to PDF exports are not on our immediate roadmap but have been logged in our system for potential future consideration.

@StuartH you are correct -the vast majority of subscriptions and exports from Phocas are not in PDF format. There are also some great features in financial statement exports like expand/contract and formulas for totals which wouldn’t work in a PDF, but work really well in Excel.